Davey Tree Expert Co

Rude supervisor beyond the Max. Kept throwing his hands and arms in my face when I asked questions about making enough room in the street for street cleaning. Would not give his name since his behavior was soooo bad. Fortunately I delayed him long enough so people could move their cars.

My homeowners association get a report from Davey to look at trees in the neighborhood. They reported that they needed to correct improper pruning that had been done to our tree. Now I need to fight my HOA to get their baseless report corrected. Our trees have always been properly pruned.
Watch out for scammers who want to drum up business. Your trees add significant value to your home. Be sure you only let competent people prune them.

Though Davey Tree did great and amazingly quick work on two MONSTROUS trees in front of our house, they left behind a massive pile of mulch in a tiny space.
Originally we were just annoyed that we had to call them again to pick it up.
Then when someone finally called me back, the district manager, he nicely told me that it was in the contract that they leave behind the remnants of the stump drilling to «spread around» the area. I explained to him that a rather obscene pile was left in front of the house, not just an inch or so, as would be reasonable.
He told me that he could have his guys come out to remove the pile, but it would cost us an additional $ 340 at least! After I picked my jaw up off the floor, he said that he would drive by and see the pile, then see what he could do. He said there were people who may want the mulch and he’d make a few calls.
A week later, still no phone call.
I wish I could post a picture of how large this pile is, suffice it to say that after at least 2 weeks of stomping on it to get to our cars, it’s still about a foot and a half high, and runs the length of two cars, concentrated between the curb and the sidewalk.
In addition to this review, I placed a sign on the heap announcing who left it there, until we can shovel it away ourselves. Which will take a few weeks, given that we have only an ‘Organics’ bin to fill up that is emptied once a week.
It would have been perfectly reasonable to leave a few inches of mulch behind, cool, that’s the contract — I would have even let a little pile slide. But it’s also perfectly reasonable to assume that the guys would look at how much they were leaving behind and wonder if THAT amount were reasonable.
The work was done between 8AM and 3PM– great work. Which would have earned 5 stars, but the left overs are pretty miserable.

Christine and the staff here are incredible! Josh and Jason both have been to my locations to give expert advice and always on time! They call ahead on the day they were scheduled, very mannerly and respectful. I have scheduled their deep root feeding/​watering during the drought and again very punctual and thank you for saving MY TREES!

I had an Oak tree in my back yard on a steep hill fall a couple weeks ago when there was high wind. I called a few places and couldn’t get anyone to come out and look at it. I then got a response back from Davey and the guy had shown up that day. Joe the rep walked me through the process of how they would take the rest of the tree down and remove all the wood. He quickly gave me an estimate and we scheduled the day of removal for the following week. The crew came out on time and were done in a few hours. I even brought them something to drink while they were removing my Oak and they were all so polite. I gave them 5 stars because you pay for what you get. The whole process from meeting the rep Joe, going over what needed to happen, to the removal and follow up from Joe was great! I would go with Davey as its a long time well known company.

This Company was the best, from start to finish. The lady who answered was very nice and helpfull, and the Arborist was very helpfull. The prices are a little high, but when it comes to there job and risk it is worth it. The crew did a great job and did a great job on clean up.

This company was hired to trim some trees at the bottom of my street. they completely blocked off the road, making it unable for me to get to my home. the workers were rude, refused to let me through or show me the permits they supposedly had to close the city street. originally i asked why they did not have a detour sign up or something to alert people that they had the entire road closed. the worker said they must have forgotten. i asked when i’d be able to pas and they told me that they’d be finished by tomorrow. This was ridiculous and im still upset about it today. i’ve called the owner of the company on three different numbers and no reply yet…

Another great experience with Davey Tree. For any tree work, I would say you need look no further. And Joe Berg in particular is the best.

Davey Tree was contracted by PG&E to trim the trees on our easement. This being the only interaction we have had with Davey, I was intrigued to see how they conducted themselves because we have some trees in our backyard that we need to take care of, and this was the perfect opportunity to see first-​hand what it would be like if they were to work with us.
I was RUDELY disappointed.
We had no real warning of when they would be at our home, and they woke up our tenant, who is renting a room from us, and refused to give her any information. No names, and no insurance documentation. This would not have been an issue, but we had our car parked right where they needed to trim. They refused to come back, even though she expressed concern about potential damage to the car from falling branches and debris. The only response they would give her is that PG&E would be responsible for any damage to our vehicle, and to call PG&E.
Based on their lack of respect, rude behavior, and disregard of our personal property, we will NOT be using Davey Tree for ANY of our future needs, and I would not recommend them to any of my friends.